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Part One below -
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Part Two - Some newly notified (and updated) later events
Part Three - Other stuff
The full open-ended southern
Devon Folk Diary listings appear as always on
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***** Part One *****
***** Part Two - Some newly notified (and updated) later events *****
***** Part Three - Other Stuff *****
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Frequency of
these emails
I used to try to get these emails out once a week, but now they seem to be
every 10-14 days. Perhaps that's not a bad thing - reducing the information
overload - but it does mean that contributors need to give me as much notice as
possible to hopefully ensure that their items can be included in good time. JC
Part One below -
A full listing for the coming month or so
Part Two - Other stuff
The full open-ended southern
Devon Folk Diary listings appear as always on
www.harbertonfolk.co.uk.
***** Part One *****
Sunday 26 May 2019 2.30pm - Paddy’s Whiskers - The Boathouse,
Preston Sands, Paignton
Paignton based Irish/Celtic/American band Paddy’s Whiskers
playing a mixture of fiddle led Irish
jigs and reels for dancing, banjo driven bluegrass numbers, and Scottish tunes
on border bagpipes. The whole band sing and at a Whiskers gig you’ll hear well
known favourites from the folk tradition, together with a few original songs and
tunes written by the band. The venue is very family friendly. Live music starts
at 2.30pm and entrance is free.
Free entry. More information from
www.paddyswhiskers.co.uk or ring Andrew on 07514 064558.
NEW
Sunday 26 May 2019 8pm
- Trio of Men - Bay Horse Inn, 8 Cistern Street, Totnes, TQ9
5SP
(map)
Trio of Men are municipal song-makers, a band who lead music-based
projects and performances in South Devon and beyond. Their work together
combines music with all-ages creative community involvement, projected imagery,
humour and story. As three musician/performers, they regularly sing in 7/8 time
about the Victorian engineer Oliver Heaviside, perform their own songs about
illness and neighbours, sing new adaptations from the Penguin Book of English
Folk Songs and write instant songs with festival goers.
www.trioofmen.org/about.
Sea Change Festival fringe gig. (www.seachangefestival.co.uk
24-26 May)
Thursday 30
May 2019 8pm -
The Murphy Beds
- Calstock Arts, The Old Chapel, Sand Lane, Calstock PL18 9QX
(map)
Traditional and original
folk songs with close harmonies and deft instrumental arrangements for bouzouki,
guitar, and mandolin. Jefferson Hamer and Eamon O’Leary have been performing
together since first meeting at Irish music sessions in New York City. Both had
a love of collecting, arranging and performing songs from Irish, American,
Scottish and English traditions. Whatever the source – songs of Irish travellers,
Arkansas spirituals or their own compositions – their arrangements feature the
same carefully wrought interplay of voice and strings. www.calstockarts.org.
Thursday 30 May 2019
7.30pm - Steve Turner - Tavistock Wharf
(map)
Steve Turner is known as a pioneer of highly sophisticated English concertina
song accompaniments, stretching the boundaries of traditional forms, with one of
the best voices in the business. He is a multi-instrumentalist, who also
accompanies himself on the cittern, and also plays mandolin and banjo.
www.steve-turner.co.uk/index.htm.
www.tavistockwharf.com.
Thursday 30 May 2019 8.30pm - Carus Thompson - B-Bar, Castle Street, The
Barbican, Plymouth PL1 2NJ
(map)
Originally making his name as part of explosion of the Australian Roots movement
in the 2000’s alongside good friends The John Butler Trio, The Waifs, Xavier
Rudd and Pete Murray, troubadour Carus Thompson is a first class songwriter
whose songs and stories connect. He's also toured with Jack Johnson, Dave
Mathews and Damien Rice, however in the UK it was his 4 tours opening for folk
star Seth Lakeman that really put him on the map, earning him some BBC2 play
through folk-roots aficionado Bob Harris. February 2019 saw Carus again touring
the UK opening for Seth on his Theatre Tour.
£2.
www.b-bar.co.uk. Tel. 01752
242021.
Friday 31 May 2019 7pm - Missin’ Tackle Shanty Group - Churston Golf Club,
Churston Close, Brixham TQ5 0LA
Joined by the SeaGalls. Raising funds for the Torbay Lifeboat. Tickets £10
including a buffet supper can be obtained by from Carol 01803 851104.
Friday 31
May 2019 8pm - Luke Jackson Trio -
Matthews Hall, Fore St, Topsham, Exeter EX3 0HF
"Very powerful-impressive songs, individual playing and the singing-oh man the
singing!" – Folkcast. "A sumptuous voice loaded with maturity and a melodically
blessed guitar style" – Spiral Earth. "Luke Jackson sings with an
extraordinarily rich voice and possesses a guitar technique astonishing for one
so young. I first heard him sing four years ago and even then his songwriting
suggested a performer of rare promise” – Steve Knightley, Show of Hands. Full
details
www.wegottickets.com/event/463799. Hot drinks available at the Twigg's Gigs
café.
Friday 31 May 2019 7.30pm - Maddy and the
Chaps - Strand Centre, 32 The Strand, Dawlish EX7
9PT
Maddy and the Chaps first gig of the year, at Dawlish Arts Festival. Come on
down for some Country, Folk and Celtic Tunes. The Rock Choir will be warming us
up.
NEW Saturday
1 June 2019 7.30pm -
Edgelarks - The Flavel Arts Centre, Dartmouth TQ6 9ND (map)
Folk at the Flavel are delighted to welcome back Phillip Henry and Hannah
Martin with their new band, Edgelarks. They are now well established as one of
the leading acts on the folk music scene and their track record of terrific live
performances and superb albums was recognised at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards
where they won Best Duo in 2014 and were nominated in both 2016 and 2018.
Edgelarks is both the name of their new band but also their 4th album released
in 2017. Their 2019 tour will feature material from a new album to be released
in May which builds on their previous work taking elements of the traditional
music of the British Isles all the way to the stomping roots of Phillip’s
beatbox. Book at
www.theflavel.org.uk
or call 01803 839530.
NEW Saturday 1 June 2019 - Songwriters Circle - Bridge Inn, Topsham, Exeter EX3 0QQ (map)
Greg Hancock, Em Marshall & Ben Morgan-Brown. A
perfect opportunity to enjoy, compare and contrast two top singer songwriters
who approach the art of songwriting in very different ways, and with very
different backgrounds and influences.
www.greghancockmusic.com,
www.emmarshall.com,
www.benmorganbrown.co.uk. Full details
www.wegottickets.com/event/462494 Tickets £8 from the Bridge 01392 873862.
NEW Sunday 2 June 2019 - Cedric Burnside - Exeter Phoenix, Gandy Street EX4 3LS (map)
Sure it's blues but Cedric Burnside's music is anything
but ancient, the rich tradition of Mississippi Hill Country blues dragged
kicking and screaming into the modern day, a shot of the real deal for fans of
the Black Keys and the White Stripes. Given his first guitar by Luther Dickinson
of the North Mississippi Allstars, 39 year old Cedric's a scion of blues
royalty, the revered R. L. Burnside clan. 'I write my music
how I live my life', he admits and there's certainly blood on his tracks.Support: Todd Allbright. Detroit native.
Signed to Jack White's Third Man Record label Todd's grounded in the pre-war
tradition of blues guitarists, dishing up a gritty and soulful take on the blues
masters. Tickets £12.50 Box Office 01392 667080. Full details
www.exeterphoenix.org.uk/category/music.
NEW Friday 7 June 2019 8pm -
Edgelarks - Beehive Arts Centre, Dowell Street,
Honiton EX14 1LZ
In April 2018, Edgelarks (Phillip Henry and Hannah Martin) retreated to a remote
cottage in western Cumbria. Tired of the navel-gazing tendencies of sad song
writing, and the terrible events frequently depicted in the folk ballad
tradition, they decided to turn their attention to an oft overlooked but vital
facet of our lives: hope. Swiftly, a set of songs and tunes emerged. Stories of
wonder from the natural world; tales of rejoicing and long lost returns; and
simple thanksgiving for their own surroundings and place in the landscape.
Informed by world rhythms, British folk roots, and the duo's penchant for making
as much noise as possible with only two people, the album is an upbeat
celebration, an incitement to hope. Tickets £14 (seated). Box office 01404
384050.
www.beehivehoniton.co.uk.
NEW Friday 7 June 2019
7pm - Show of Hands Trio - Darts Farm, Topsham, Exeter EX3 0QH
Gig with supper. Tickets £30. Full details
www.dartsfarm.co.uk/events/darts-farm-events/show-of-hands-concert-7-6-2019.html.
A date you won't find on the SoH website.
NEW
Friday
7 June 2019 7.30pm - Ninebarrow -
Church of St. Michaels the Archangel, Chagford TQ13 8BN
Multi-award-winning folk duo (and walkers!) who are impressing audiences across the country
with their innovative and captivating take on the folk tradition. Described by
Mark Radcliffe as sounding like ‘two halves of one voice’, by Seth Lakeman as ‘a
fantastic duo’ and by Kate Rusby as ‘absolutely amazing’, Jon Whitley and Jay
LaBouchardiere combine breath taking vocal harmonies and melodies, delivering
songs that are inspired and rooted in the landscape and history of the British
Isles. Most recently, the duo were nominated in the 2017 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards
in the ‘Horizon’ category for Best Emerging Artist.
Tickets £10, child £7, available from Sally’s Newsagents, Chagford, or call
01363 85370, or online from
www.ninebarrow.co.uk.
NEW Friday 7 June 2019 - Jim Causley - Otterton Mill, nr Budleigh Salterton EX9 7HG (map)
Award-winning singer-songwriter, musician and proud Devonian Jim Causley is an
all-round entertainer and during the past decade has been nominated no less than
six times for a BBC Radio 2 Folk Award. Last year he was also nominated as
“Singer of the Year” at the 2017 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. In 2014 he won the
Spiral Earth Singer of the Year award and presented his own folk music show on
BBC Radio Devon. The following year he worked with BBC TV historian Dr Sam
Willis to create the music for his show ‘Highwaymen, Outlaws and Villains’.
www.jimcausley.co.uk. www.ottertonmill.com.
NEW Friday 7 June 2019 7.30pm - Martin Scragg
and Mensing - Cygnet Theatre, Friars Gate, Exeter
EX2 4AZ (map)
A new collaboration between two Devon based folk acts - an established solo folk
artist and the newest choir from Wren Music. MenSing is a 21-strong choir of all
male voices who have been singing together for a couple of years and are causing
a big stir. They are linking with Martin Scragg, an accomplished and experienced
folksinger from the South Devon area. MenSing and Martin will present a full
concert of folk songs, many from England, but others giving the concert an
unmistakeable international flavour, with items from South Africa, Sardinia and
nearer home from Scotland and Cornwall. Full details
https://cygnettheatre.co.uk/martin-scragg.
Tickets £10. Box Office 01392 277189/665885.
www.wegottickets.com/cygnettheatre.
NEW Friday 7 June 2019 7.30pm -
Richard Durrant - St Mary's Parish Church, Kingskerswell TQ12 5LD
(map)
Guitarist and composer Richard Durrant returns with a musical celebration of
midsummer and another classic series of gigs on the folk/classical cusp. As the
solstice approaches Durrant reveals a collection of brand new pieces, old
favourites, tales from the road and the occasional song inspired by the summer
solstice. "My new favourite guitarist…Richard Durrant sits completely outside
the accepted genres. He has a peculiar and wonderful mind" Tom Robinson BBC6
Music. Tickets and info 01803 875527.
www.wegottickets.com/worldunlimited. Full details, programme, samples
etc.
www.worldunlimited.co.uk.
NEW
Friday 7 June 2019 9pm - Mae Karthauser - B-Bar, Castle Street, The
Barbican, Plymouth PL1 2NJ
(map)
British songwriter with a rich, acrobatic voice and a distinctive circusesque
piano style. Raised in a musical family and one of seven children, she began
learning piano, violin and singing as a child, before going on to study at
Dartington College of Arts and California Institute of the Arts in LA. Her
training began classically, but quickly spread to music spanning Eastern Europe,
Bulgaria, Africa, North India and Java as well as in jazz, folk and more popular
modern styles. Under the self pinned folk-pop-circus genre, her songs are
populated by wayward characters both human and animal and leap playfully between
story and fantasy and hard social questions. Inspired by the likes of Lhasa de
Sela, The Do, Zulya, Kate Bush, Regina Spektor, Whiskey Moon Face, Joni Mitchell
and Joanna Newsom. £3.
www.b-bar.co.uk. Tel. 01752
242021.
NEW 7-9 June 2019 - Contemporary Craft Festival
- Bovey Tracey
Musical entertainment includes Harbottle & Jonas on 8/6.
www.craftsatboveytracey.co.uk.
NEW Saturday 8 June 2019 7.30pm - Lost Sound
Chorus - St Pancras Church, Widecombe in the Moor
Dartmoor Folk Choir. Benefit concert for Dartmoor Search and Rescue Ashburton.
This volunteer team are just amazing and need some financial support to keep us
safe! Come and help us boost their coffers! Bar also available run by the team.
Tickets £8.50/£10.
www.thelostsound.co.uk.
NEW Sunday 9 June 2019 - The Ruggle Regatta
- Rugglestone Inn, Widecombe in the Moor
Free event. Line-up: Skylark; The Old Gaffers; Wild Goose; The Widecombe
Singers; Ravens Return; Banned from the Moor; Newton Bushell Morris.
www.widecombesailingclub.org.uk.
NEW Thursday 13 June 2019 8pm - Singers night -
Totnes Folk Song Club, Dartmouth Inn, 28 Warland, Totnes TQ9 5EL (map)
'Local troubadors' shanty crew The Old Gaffers to finish the evening for us. Information: Andy Clarke 01803 732312.
NEW Friday 14 June 2019 8pm -
Gallery Bar Special: Windjammer
- Calstock Arts, The Old Chapel, Sand Lane, Calstock PL18 9QX
(map)
Plymouth band, an
exciting three-piece combining bold and engaging original compositions and
self-penned songs, with modern arrangements of traditional material. Jake Sonny
Rowlinson (vocals, synth, concertina), Jeremy Bunting (fingerstyle guitar,
percussion, vocals) and Fran Rowney (piano accordion, low whistle, vocals),
began playing together in 2015 and now combine their individual approaches into
a diverse and captivating whole. Their debut EP was released at a sold-out
launch event in 2018 at Plymouth’s Barbican Theatre. “Improbably mature vocals
and a bold, contemporary approach” – Geoff Lakeman. Free entry, informal
atmosphere, donations to the band please.
Full details www.calstockarts.org.
NEW Friday 14 June 2019 8pm - Martyn
Windham-Read - Church House, South Tawton, nr
Okehampton EX20 2LQ (map)
Martyn has been involved in folk music for over forty years. In his late teens
he left his mother’s farm in Sussex and headed off, with his guitar, to
Australia where he heard, first hand, the old songs sung by some of the station
hands at Emu Springs and he became captivated by these songs and the need to
know more of them and where they came from grew. He returned to England in 1967
and has since produced over 40 albums and appeared at folk festivals in
Australia, and around the world. Check out his website at
https://dandadesign.co.uk/about. Call 01837 840775 or
email
andrew@frangleton.co.uk to book tickets @ £9..
NEW
Saturday 15 June 2019 8pm - Edgelarks
Album Launch Party! - West Town Farm, Ide, Exeter EX2 9TG
Join Phillip Henry and Hannah Martin to launch their new album, Feather, with a
party at beautiful West Town Farm. In April 2018, Edgelarks retreated to a
remote cottage in Ulpha, western Cumbria. They breathed in the mountain view,
banked up the fire, and took their instruments out of their cases. Then they sat
down, and wrote. Tired of the navel-gazing tendencies of sad song writing, and
the terrible events frequently depicted in the folk ballad tradition, they
decided to turn their attention to an oft overlooked but vital facet of our
lives: hope. Swiftly, a set of songs and tunes emerged. Stories of wonder from
the natural world; tales of rejoicing and long lost returns; and simple
thanksgiving for their own surroundings and place in the landscape. Informed by
world rhythms, British folk roots, and the duo's penchant for making as much
noise as possible with only two people, the album is an upbeat celebration, an
incitement to hope. Full details
www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/exeter/west-town-farm/edgelarks-album-launch-party.
NEW Sunday 16
June
2019 7.30pm - Ninebarrow in concert with Glorious Chorus -
Crediton Congregational Church
The Glorious Chorus choir is collaborating with BBC Radio 2 nominated folk duo
‘Ninebarrow’ with two concerts in June and July (13/7 in Totnes). Helen Yeomans
will be writing new arrangements for the choir to sing with Ninebarrow on some
of their songs. Check out Ninebarrow's exquisite music at
www.ninebarrow.co.uk.
More details
www.gloriouschorus.co.uk.
***** Part Two - Other Stuff *****
What's On at the Bicton Inn in Exmouth -
May 2019
Sorry, I was very late posting this for May - I think the email to me from the
pub may have gone astray. So I found the dates on
www.flaxey-green.co.uk!
The full and varied music and events programme for the Bicton Inn can be
found at
www.bictoninn.co.uk (and
www.harbertonfolk.co.uk/bictoninn.htm).
Edgelarks Album Release
Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin release their new
album, Feather, on May 17 and their tour includes:
Saturday
1 June 7.30pm - The Flavel Arts Centre, Dartmouth
Friday 7 June 8pm - Beehive Arts Centre, Dowell Street, Honiton
Saturday 15 June 8pm -
Album Launch Party! - West Town Farm, Ide, Exeter
Full details in the Diary listings above.
Phil & Hannah are of course also members of the Gigspanner Big Band, appearing
as follows:
Friday 12 July 8pm - Plough Arts Centre, Gt. Torrington
Sunday 14 July 8pm - Gigspanner Big
Band -
Calstock Arts, The Old Chapel, Sand Lane, Calstock
Session news
[Following gleaned verbatim (more or less) from Tony Watts' Acoustic Calendar email updates - sign up at
www.sanchobramble.weebly.com]
NEW
Exeter: Royal Oak Inn, Nadderwater EX4 2JH (Tracey: 01392 272 352)
Third Tuesday of the month, 8pm.
Tickets selling fast 16-18 August
2019 - Beautiful Days Festival - Escot Park near Exeter
Line-up includes: Levellers, The Stranglers, Steeleye
Span, Kate Rusby, Seth Lakeman, Ferocious Dog, Cara Dillon, Tom Robinson,
Fisherman’s Friends, Karine Polwart, Grace Petriem, Sound of the Sirens. See
www.beautifuldays.org
for more.
Harberton Folk Circular - Tuesday 30 April 2019
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[this exact wording borrowed from a recent SaDFolk email (Somerset and Dorset
Folk) - see Part Two below]
Part Two - Other stuff
The full open-ended southern
Devon Folk Diary listings appear as always on
www.harbertonfolk.co.uk.
***** Part Two - Other Stuff *****
Folk news slightly further afield:
North Devon/West Somerset music listings
Website listings of regular and special music events for the next couple of months
for this area can be found at
www.shammickacoustic.org.uk (then click on 'Local Events').
Somerset & Dorset (SaDFolk) folk events - Regular email updates
A regular and
comprehensive emailed listing is available through
www.sadfolk.co.uk
(Somerset and Dorset folk, Steve Cunio) for folk events in venues large and small in those two
counties, some of which are not too far away from the Harberton Folk area.
Folk in Cornwall
What it says on the tin -
www.folkincornwall.co.uk - clubs, sessions, events...
Acoustic Calendar - Sign up for email updates at
www.sanchobramble.weebly.com
Tony Watts' monthly calendar of folk clubs, singarounds, acoustic sessions &
open mics in the South West. "The Acoustic Calendar is all about DIY music (NOT
concerts, gigs, ceilidhs etc). The purpose of the Calendar is to keep you
informed of all the places where you can take your voice and/or instrument and
join in or do your own thing."
...and not forgetting
www.flaxey-green.co.uk (and
www.devonfolk.co.uk) for further detailed Devon listings, including many
regular pub sessions, folk dance clubs and much more.
General items retained from previous circulars
Show of Hands 'Now We Are Four' Autumn Tour Dates Announced
The first and last two tour dates fall within our coverage area!
NEW Wednesday 30
October 2019 7.30pm - Beehive Arts Centre, Dowell Street, Honiton EX14 1LZ
NEW Friday 6 /
Saturday 7 December 2019 7.30pm - Exmouth Pavilion, The Esplanade, Exmouth EX8
2AZ (map)
Show of Hands fans rejoice as Steve Knightley and Phil Beer, two undisputed
kings of the folk, roots and acoustic scene reunite with long-term collaborator
Miranda Sykes for a brand-new album and tour. And there’s more, because the trio
is expanding to include master percussionist Cormac Byrne who returns with his
infectious rhythms by popular demand. There are no support acts on this tour,
and instead during the opening set each musician will introduce themselves and
play in six unique duo combinations where literally anything could happen! This
will be an evening spent immersed in the talents of some of the most
accomplished musicians of their time, and is not to be missed. Steve says, “With
the heartbeat and harmonies that Cormac and Miranda add, we are at last creating
a sound we’ve dreamed of making for twenty-five years!”. The album and tour
promise infectious new songs and a sound with more depth and intensity than ever
before. www.showofhands.co.uk.
What's On at the Bicton Inn in Exmouth - May 2019
The full and varied music and events programme for the Bicton Inn can be
found at
www.bictoninn.co.uk (and
www.harbertonfolk.co.uk/bictoninn.htm).
***** Part Two - Important Admin note: Email delivery problems *****
I've had problems sending the previous two circulars to 190+ addresses (mainly
BTInternet, BTOpenworld, Yahoo,
Sky, AOL, plus a few others, all of which use the Yahoo email platform). The
circulars have been soft-bounced, i.e. rejected, on both recent occasion by most
of those addresses "for policy reasons".
When the same address soft-bounces several circulars in succession, MailChimp
(the system I use to send circulars) eventually hard-bounces that address, i.e.
permanently removes it from the circulation and I, as Admin, cannot then
reinstate that address, although the person in question can re-subscribe
themself.
This has happened a couple of times over the last 12 months and I have no real
idea why it happens, so it's very difficult trying to do anything about it. But
this present circular is a trial inasmuch as it employs simpler formatting with
less complex underlying code in the hope this may increase the acceptance rate.
In the interim I have been communicating directly with the 190+ about this problem and I would like to thank the large number of them who very helpfully responded to my last communication when I sent a copy of the latest missing circular as a PDF file attachment, apparently successfully, whereas an attempt to simply forward a copy of the original circular to a test group of 10 addresses failed.
Several people also mentioned that they had an
alternative email address which could be used for receiving the circulars - and
I would ask anyone in this position to please use the 'update subscription
preferences' link at the very foot of any circular to update their email address
in the MailChimp data base accordingly. Should you no longer be able to access
any original circular, I can update your email address for you on request (but
it's best if you do it yourself if possible).
If you change to a Gmail address, please note that my circulars may arrive in
your Promotions inbox folder.
It remains to be seen whether the 190+ will actually receive this circular.
What's On at the Bicton Inn in Exmouth - April 2019
The full and varied music and events programme for the Bicton Inn can be
found at
www.bictoninn.co.uk (and
www.harbertonfolk.co.uk/bictoninn.htm).
Session news
[Following gleaned verbatim from Tony Watts' Acoustic Calendar email updates - sign up at
www.sanchobramble.weebly.com]
Colyford (nr. Colyton): The White Hart Inn, Swan Hill Road EX24 6QF (Bob:
01297 553201; Kay: 01297 24870; info:
woman.friday@yahoo.co.uk). Acoustic session: Second Tuesday of the month,
8pm. “Trad Irish and tunes mostly.” “We've put it on hold for now. Please would
you delete the entry and I'll get back to you if we start it up again.” Liz
Shape Note Singing - Monthly Singings -
Methodist Church, East Street, Ipplepen TQ12 5SX
Shape note singing is an American Choral tradition of unaccompanied singing
in four part harmony. We will sing from The Sacred Harp which has been in
continuous use since 1844, and a newly compiled collection called the Shenandoah
Harmony which contains an extensive collection of early American hymns. We are
not a traditional choir with no membership or performances. We sing for the joy
of the experience rather than for the appraisal of an audience.
We are holding the singings on the fourth Tuesday of each month. Next
Singing: Tuesday 26 February 7-9pm. For more information email
jeremyjamesdonaldson@gmail.com.
Irish Music in Totnes
1st and 3rd Mondays of the month: Traditional Irish music sessions in the
library bar of The Totnes Brewing Co., 59a High Street, Totnes TQ9 5PB (map)
2nd Tuesday and 4th Monday of the month, 8pm: Celtic/Irish session, with jigs
and reels etc. at The Bay Horse Inn, 8 Cistern Street, Totnes TQ9
5SP
(map)
What's coming at Otterton Mill (nr Budleigh Salterton EX9 7HG (map))
Music indoors in the intimate setting of the upstairs restaurant, or outside
under the stars in the courtyard during the summer. All tickets £15 (ticket
price covers music only). Pre-booking required. Food served 6pm to 7.30pm, music
starts at 8pm. Please call the ticket line 01395 568521 to book. No details yet,
but the following are listed on www.ottertonmill.com:
Thursday 21 March - Eddie Martin
Thursday 25 April - Steve Tilston
Thursday 2 May - Amber Cross
Thursday 9 May - Kirsty McGee
Friday 7 June - Jim Causley
Friday 28 June - Veronica Sbergia and Max de Bernardi
Thursday 11 July - Eve Selis
Thursday 25 July - Tipitina
Thursday 1 August - James and Black
Thursday 29 August - Roberts and Lakeman
Friday 4 October - Paul Lamb and Chad Strentz
More to follow...
Calstock
Arts, The Old Chapel, Sand Lane, Calstock PL18 9QX
(map)
Calstock Arts was established in 2010 and is a not-for-profit arts venue.
It is largely staffed by a dedicated team of volunteers. Initially set up as a
Community Interest Company we converted to Charity status in 2015. Our programme
is varied and includes folk, jazz and classical music, dance, films, talks,
comedy, workshops and exhibitions. Fully
licensed bar.
Full programme details: www.calstockarts.org.
The current programme includes:
Thursday 7 March 2019 8pm - Leveret
Saturday 23 March 2019 8pm - Nick Harper: 58 Fordwych Road
Thursday 18 April 2019 8pm - The Askew Sisters
Friday 3 May 2019 8pm - Eliza Carthy & Martin Carthy
Friday 17 May 2019 8pm - The Little Unsaid
Re-launch of Acoustic Warehouse with new name &
style for 2019:
Acoustic Warehouse – Music & Performance Club - Newton Abbot RFC, Rackerhayes,
Newton Road, Kingsteignton, Newton Abbot TQ12 3SJ
Live music club every Monday 7.15-10.15pm, starting on 21st January Open Mic
For each month, the First & Third Mondays (or if there is a Fifth) will be an
‘Open mic’ format; the Second & Fourth Mondays will be ‘Unplugged’.
Example for April 2019: Mon 1st April Open Mic; Mon 8th April Unplugged; Mon
15th April Open Mic; Mon 22nd April Unplugged; Mon 29th April Open Mic
£2 entrance including raffle, raising money for Rowcroft Hospice.
Tunelink - Evening Workshops in Traditional
Music and Dance
Wednesdays 7.00-8.30pm at The Mansion, Totnes TQ9 5RP
Spring/summer 2019: January: 30; February: 6, 13; March:: 6, 13, 20, 27; May: 1,
8, 15, 22; June: 5, 12, 19, 26
Evening workshops in traditional music and dance led by Gris Sanderson and Louis
Bingham. Please get in touch for more information. See
www.facebook.com/TunelinkSW or email
tunelinksouthwest@gmail.com.
New contact details for Brixham Folk Club
1st Friday, 8pm, The Old Coaching Inn, 61 Fore Street, Brixham TQ5 8AG. Singers
and musicians welcome; the programme includes communal singing and a House Band.
For information or queries, please contact Mark Harrod on
mnharrod@yahoo.co.uk. [Mark is taking
over the reigns from Anne & Steve Gill.]
South Brent - Pack Horse Inn
Following the recent closure of the Oak Inn, not the following at the Pack
Horse Inn:
Mixed Folk Session on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of each month: - mainly a song
session/‘sing around’ from around 8.30pm on the - Contact Eileen on 01364 73699
eileen.southbrentfolk@gmail.com.
Traditional Folk at the Pack: (formerly at The Oak) - Traditional music and song
on the third Thursday of the month in the Tea Room from 8.00pm(ish). FFI Mick
Bramich on 01364 649339.
(The future for other ‘Folk at the Oak’ sessions is being considered).
Upcoming folk shows on Liskeard Radio
Eddie's Folk Music Show starts up again Sunday
25 Nov, 10pm till midnight, 87.7 FM and ONLINE, and then for the first three
Sundays in December (2nd, 9th,16th). Please send us details of gigs, sessions,
Xmas dos etc, and we'll give yous a shout out. OK? Happy listening!
www.liskeardradio.com.
Winter Concerts at the Crabshell, Kingsbridge
Four "free" concerts are planned in the Crabshell this winter, thanks to the
landlord and staff for letting us have the room again. We are pleased to
announce the line-up for the first concert on Thursday 22 November: Simon Barron
and Acorn Shakers will be our guests; full details on
www.shamstrad.co.uk. No
need to book; but please be seated by 8pm. To get a good seat get in early!
Future concerts will be on 24 January, 28 February and 28 March. Programmes are
in the process of being sorted. If you would like to be part of a programme on
any of these dates or would like to recommend someone you know, please let Paul
know as soon as possible (contact details on website).
Ashburton Arts
Ashburton Arts recently celebrated the first anniversary of its purchase of
the old Methodist Church. An extensive programme of arts events of many genres
currently extending over the next 3 months is available to view at
www.ashburtonarts.org.uk/whats-on. Well worth a look through. Here just a
few names and dates for starters: 6/10 Mevagissey Male Choir; 20/10 Moscow Drug
Club; 16/11 Reg Meuross + Harbottle & Jonas; 24+25/11 Simon Mayor & Hilary
James; Meridianum Ensemble. Ticket prices for some events are also tiered,
depending on what you can afford.
NEW Tunelink - Evening Workshops in Traditional
Music and Dance
Wednesdays 7.00-8.30pm at The Mansion, Totnes TQ9 5RP
Spring/summer 2019: January: 30; February: 6, 13; March:: 6, 13, 20, 27; May: 1,
8, 15, 22; June: 5, 12, 19, 26
Evening workshops in traditional music and dance led by Gris Sanderson and Louis
Bingham. Please get in touch for more information. See
www.facebook.com/TunelinkSW or email
tunelinksouthwest@gmail.com.
1) Church House Inn, Churchstow, sessions run by John Connor start again on
Thursday 6 September at 8pm, and thereafter on the first Thursday of each month
until June 2019.
2) Dartington , Acoustic Folk Nights at Meadowbrook Community Centre,
Shinners Bridge. All musicians welcome, all styles; Songs; Tunes; start 8.30pm;
Fridays: Sep 14th; Oct 12th; Nov 9th; Dec 7th. Facebook: meadowbrook dartington
community centre.
[Following gleaned verbatim from Tony Watts' Acoustic Calendar email updates - sign up at
www.sanchobramble.weebly.com]
RIP
3) Folly Gate (nr. Okehampton) The Crossways Inn EX20 3AH (Pub: 01837 52088;
Dave: 07792 259338,
http://www.drjams.co.uk/ )
Third Monday of the month, 9pm. Open mic / jam. “Sorry to say that the Crossways
jam is no more. Unfortunately we struggled to get the locals out to support it
but thank you to everyone who came and performed and I wish the Crossways all
the best for the future.” Dave
Rachel's East Devon Gig Guide for July
is available to view and as a PDF download at
www.harbertonfolk.co.uk/eastdevon.htm.
(Unfortunately this is the last monthly East Devon Gig Guide from Rachel, who
says:)
"This is just to let you know that I will not be compiling and sending out any
more gig guides for Exmouth. It has become increasingly difficult to get
information directly from both the venues and the artists. I have really enjoyed
putting it together and would like to say a special thank you to Ted (always
first to reply to my email!), Martin, Alison, Geoff and others who have
supported the effort and to the many music loving subscribers to the gig guide.
We are very lucky to live in a place with so much wonderful live music. Long may
it continue. Rachel"
Session news
Okehampton: Okey Folky, The Plume of Feathers, 8 Fore St. EX20 1HB (01837
52815,
www.facebook.com/Okey-Folky-2052675631681435)
Last Sunday of the month, 8pm. Open folk session/club. “Everyone is welcome,
singers, dancers, musicians.”
Session News
This is always a good opportunity to mention that an ideal source of information about
sessions across southern Devon and further afield in the county is
www.flaxey-green.co.uk
(which also contains a wealth of other folk information).
Jurassic Folk, Seaton - A reminder that Jurassic Folk now only meet on the 3rd
Wednesday of every month, (including August). There are still folk arriving on
the 1st Wednesday, only to be disappointed. For any other information, call
Adrian and Gerry on 01404 549903.
[version sent on 8/6/18 to remainder of 270 contacts 'cleaned' by MailChimp,
inviting re-subscription]
Once again this copy of yesterday's Harberton Folk email circular is being sent
directly from my laptop (not via MailChimp, nor in MailChimp format this time)
to those mostly btinternet / btopenworld / yahoo / aol / sky email addresses who
were removed a while back from Harberton Folk's MailChimp database due to
unknown circumstances and have not yet re-subscribed.
If you wish to continue receiving the regular
circulars, please re-subscribe by going to
www.harbertonfolk.co.uk
where you’ll find a link to a short form to complete – and you’ll be back on the
list.
Or simply reply to this email and ask me to
re-subscribe you.
You can view Harberton Folk's GDPR-compliant Privacy Policy on the website.
Note that the e-circulars are now being sent from
hfolk@johnculf.co.uk.
Thank you for your cooperation and understanding.
At some point in the not too distant future I will no longer be able to continue
sending these separate copies to you.
Best wishes
John Culf
[version sent to NON-GDPR segment on 8/6/18]
GDPR - Still time to update your preferences to
continue receiving Harberton Folk Circulars - Please act now
The new GDPR data protection law came into force on May 25th.
I'm still hoping some more of the people who have not yet UPDATED THEIR
PREFERENCES appropriately (see the link at the very foot of this circular) will
do so to enable me to continue sending them the circulars. You will also find an
'unsubscribe' link there, should you need it.
The full list of 1350+ contacts is now effectively split into two parts, one
containing the 955 contacts who have already updated, the other (to which this
customised version of yesterday's circular is being sent) containing the
remainder.
Alternatively, you can simply reply to this email and I
can do the updates for you, if you tell me that is your wish.
New contacts can subscribe to the circulation at any time via a link provided on
www.harbertonfolk.co.uk.
Many thanks for your understanding and cooperation. John Culf
[version sent to GDPR CONSENT segment on 7/6/18]
Firstly, my thanks to the 955 contacts who have (thus far) confirmed their
consent to continue receiving Harberton Folk emails. My list is now effectively
divided into two parts, i.e. those who have, and those who have not (yet),
re-confirmed. I'm now able to send separately to the two groups and will be
sending further GDPR reminders (with the circular) to the latter group, and can
assure everyone receiving this version of today's that this is the last time I
will mention GDPR! Many thanks for your understanding and cooperation. John Culf
Harberton Folk Circular - Friday 25
May 2018
If you would like to
continue receiving Harberton Folk email circulars...
...you must confirm your consent to do so - or your contact details will soon be
removed from the circulation!
I know many of you will be fed up of receiving emails about GDPR - but today May 25th is the day the new law comes into force.
To date, barely half of my 1300+ contacts have signed up for continued circulars
and I am sure there are many more who wish to remain on the list but just
haven't got round to taking the appropriate action yet.
Even if you don't read any more of this circular, jump to the
"Update subscription preferences"
link at the very foot of this email which will offer you a very short simple
form to complete - your existing details will already be there (with asterisks
blanking most of your email address for security) - just
tick both the vacant boxes and click 'Update Profile'. You can enter
a completely different email address if you wish. (You could even
'Unsubscribe'!)
I intend to send several further reminders about this in the coming days because
I really want to lose as few contacts as possible from the list.
Harberton Folk Circular - Tuesday 15
May 2018
Sorry it's been so long since the last circular. GDPR stuff has been taking up a
lot of my spare time, but I think I'm almost there now.
GDPR Update - My Next Email will Require Action
on Your Part
My next email (hopefully tomorrow) will be particularly important as it will
hopefully ensure that the Harberton Folk email circulation is operating in
compliance with the new General Data Protection
Regulation (GDPR) coming into force with effect from 25 May 2018.
You must take action as indicated in that next email (or any subsequent
reminders) if you wish to continue receiving the e-circulars, i.e.
re-confirm your consent to receive Harberton Folk e-circulars.
If you do not, we will unfortunately be obliged to remove your name and
email address from the circulation.
Sorry to sound rather 'technical' or officious, but this IS REALLY IMPORTANT and we don't want to lose you!
Please also note that a few changes are also being made at the same time in
the hope of reducing the likelihood of these circulars being regarded as
spam/junk by some email systems/providers. For example, the sending address
will in future appear as
hfolk@johnculf.co.uk (in case you need to 'whitelist' this address or
otherwise approve it for receiving Harberton Folk e-circulars.
John
Update on the New Data Protection Law (GDPR)
My thanks to the significant number of people who have sent comments and
offered advice on this subject, following my piece last week. I'm
beginning to get a good idea of what I need to do to keep the Harberton
Folk email circulation 'legal' and will share this with you soon. It
will require simple action on your part to enable you to continue
receiving the e-circulars.
New Data Protection Law
Some of you may have heard recent mention of a new
(EU) data protection law coming into effect on May 25th; some may have even
heard its name: General Data Protection Regulation 'GDPR'. I am still struggling
to understand the possible implications of this for my Harberton Folk
email circulars and the MailChimp data base containing your details which
underpins the circulars, and what I may have to do - and ask you to do - to
ensure compliance with the new law and thereby allow you to continue receiving
these circulars. Watch this space! JC
Session News
[Following gleaned verbatim from Tony Watts' Acoustic Calendar email updates - sign up at
www.sanchobramble.weebly.com]
RIP
Ermington (nr. Ivybridge): Crooked Spire Inn, The Square PL21 9LP (Pub: 01548
831288). Second Friday of the month, 8.30pm. Open mic. Music and song. No more.
Session News
[Following gleaned verbatim from Tony Watts' Acoustic Calendar email updates - sign up at
www.sanchobramble.weebly.com]
CHANGE OF DAY
Exeter: The Oddfellows, 60 New North Rd. EX4 4EP (01392 209050). Every Thursday,
9pm. Open mic. Used to be on Mondays.
Featured venue:
Brook Inn, 33 Longbrook Street, Plympton St Maurice,
Plymouth PL7 1NJ
A wide variety of music - see
www.facebook.com/pg/BrookInnPlympton/events (www.brookinnplympton.co.uk)
Tel. 01752 297604
- including.
NEW Monday 23 April 2018 - An Evening with Jim
Causley
What better way to mark St George's Day than an evening of traditional folk
tales and music from one of Devon's best loved and respected figures of
today’s contemporary roots and folk scene; Jim Causley. During the past
decade Jim has been nominated no less than six times for a BBC Radio 2 Folk
Award and in 2017 he was nominated as “Singer of the Year” at the awards. We
are delighted to offer an evening with Jim on St George's Day. Tickets £25
per person and include a two course meal.
www.facebook.com/events/517564475294414.
NEW Friday 4 May 2018 - Peter Donegan - Brook Inn, 33 Longbrook Street, Plympton St Maurice,
Plymouth PL7 1NJ
The son of skiffle legend, Lonnie Donegan, now performing his father's songs
and keeping alive the memory of one of the first stars of the hit parade.
Tickets £3, available adv at the bar (free to restaurant diners that
evening).
www.facebook.com/events/1926312494365575. Any money raised from ticket
sales will go towards Peter's fundraising campaign to help fund treatment
for his three year old "Little Man", Eric, who has just been diagnosed with
Autism Spectrum Disorder.
www.gofundme.com/littlemanfund.
NEW Monday 23 July 2018 - Julie Felix
Julie's back for her fourth performance at The Brook Inn. This folk
legend of the 60s and 70s will be entertaining a small, select audience and
the evening includes a three course meal. The cost is just £35 per person
and numbers are limited so that everyone can enjoy a very special evening in
the company of Julie Felix.
www.facebook.com/events/1998278277124715.
Flaxey Green Website -
www.flaxey-green.co.uk
This excellent Devon website contains a wealth of folk-related information in
addition to an events diary, such as comprehensive listings for folk dance
clubs, pub sessions, bands, solo artists, callers, musicians wanted/available,
morris sides, a For Sale section (currently including a couple of melodeons, a
Peavey KB3 amplifier and other sound equipment.
Reminder for Gmail users:
As well as probably putting these circulars in the Promotions inbox folder
(rather than the Primary folder), Gmail also 'clips' long emails, such as these
circulars, and you need to select the 'View entire message' option to do just
that.
Pig's Nose Music
I've only just become aware that music of various genres has been taking place
again in East Prawle, the interesting venue being the hall attached to the pub.
Sorry I missed reporting The Wurzels there last Saturday, but there are still
tickets available for:
NEW Saturday 10 February 2018 9pm - Mad Dog
Mcrea - Pigs Nose Inn Hall, East Prawle,
Kingsbridge TQ7 2BY (map)
Mad Dog blend a unique mixture of folk rock, pop, gypsy jazz, bluegrass and
‘shake your ass’ music. From self-penned songs of adventure, drinking, love and
life, to traditional songs of gypsies, fairies, legless pirates and black flies
– Mad Dog never fail to capture their audience with their infectious songs.
Early bookers can also book return shuttle bus from Kingsbridge via East/West
Charleton or Frogmore. Full details
www.pigsnoseinn.co.uk.
'Roots and Shoots' on Exeter's community
radio station Phonic FM
www.phonic.fm
Listen on 106.8 FM and online on 1st, 3rd, 4th (and 5th) Mondays of the month
6.00pm to 8.00pm. Featuring the best in folk/roots music with a strong emphasis
on local music - both live in the studio and recorded. News too of folk/roots
events in Exeter and south and east Devon. We welcome contributions from
musicians, singers and anyone involved with folk/roots/world music in and around
Exeter. Most importantly, listen in, then get in touch to tell us your reactions
and suggestions. Contact Roots and Shoots: Telephone 01837 871498 (Martin
Henning), email m.henning@hotmail.co.uk.
A message from Adrian Bull
"I co-host the 'Roots and Shoots' radio show. I specialise in playing all things
folk(ish) and am particularly keen to promote local artists and events/clubs. If
you are a musician and would like me to play some of your music on the show, or
even come on as a guest, then I would love to hear from you. I am also keen to
have promoters, folk club organisers on the programme."
'Technical' Notes
1) I send copies of my circulars to several different email addresses of my own
(Plusnet, Hotmail, Gmail) to help check that as many as possible are reaching
their intended recipients. Last week the copy to my Plusnet address unusually
finished up in my spam folder. Very occasionally a copy may disappear without
trace. I have no idea why - the joys of email! Anyway, if you think you may be
missing a copy at any time, you can always find the full open-ended southern
Devon Folk Diary listings on
www.harbertonfolk.co.uk, along with the most recent circular(s).
2) A chance communication with a recipient of these circulars has revealed that
Gmail, as well as probably putting the circulars in the Promotions inbox folder
(rather than the Primary folder), also 'clips' long emails, such as these
circulars, and you need to select the 'View entire message' option to do just
that.
The person in question had failed to see the 'Christmas events' section in Part
because of the above clipping.
The following interesting item appeared in Steve Cunio's Somerset & Dorset
Folk Events Diary email today - Have any Harberton Folk recipients experienced
this issue yet?
"Do you use Gmail?
I've had a couple of emails from people asking why SaDFolk had started to send
them Google Calendar invitations to events they had no interest in. I haven't
changed anything here, but following a bit of searching round the Net, I found
that Google had made this 'improvement' to their service.
If you have a Gmail account and a Google Calendar account and any email you
receive contains something which Google interprets as an event you might want to
go to, it automatically adds the invitation to your calendar and sends you an
email about it.
To turn this off, you need log into your Google Calendar then click on the gear
wheel icon in the top right, select ‘settings’ then look for ‘Events in Gmail’.
Under that there should be a ‘Add automatically’ setting. Deselect that and the
problem should go away."
Please let me know (by reply to this email) if you as a Harberton Folk
recipient have experienced this issue. Thanks. JC
Folk Music Maps - for Devon and Beyond
Do you want a quick visual guide to folk song and dance clubs elsewhere in
Devon? Try the map on
www.flaxey-green.co.uk/Pages/Folk_song_and_dance_clubs_map.html. Or further
afield? Another (global) folk music map is available at
www.folkmusicmap.wordpress.com (could do with a little udpating in places).
Folklore & Mythology Resource Guide
I've added the following link
www.supersummary.com/folklore-mythology-guide (Folklore and Mythology
Resource Guide) to the Links page page on
www.harbertonfolk.co.uk.
Also in Topsham, but
not the Folk Club
Regular instrumental session (mainly English) at The Bridge Inn, Topsham,
Exeter EX3 0QQ
(map)
on the first Tuesday every month (not August) 8pm- 10.30pm.
Devon Sessions Map on
Flaxey Green
A useful map showing many of the regular pub sessions happening in Devon can
be found at
www.flaxey-green.co.uk/Pages/Sessions_map.html. This is not necessarily
exhaustive and, as I know from my own earlier experience, notoriously difficult
to keep up to date so do please take a look and let FG's Trevor know of any
changes, additions etc.
Folk Club Map
"This could be a really useful resource but it will rely on a
community effort to keep it up to date. Have a look at:
www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=zV_JF5o4YYCs.k5CBvD6DMEsI and, if your club
or session isn't there, why not add it?"
[An interesting item gleaned from Steve Cunio's latest 'Sadfolk' (Somerset &
Dorset Folk) email circular - see
www.sadfolk.co.uk to sign up. I'll be adding the Folk Club Map link to the
Links page on www.harbertonfolk.co.uk.]
Interesting history of
folk sessions in Totnes (from the 1980s to date)
I'm not sure how long it's been there - I've only just happened on it - but
a history of folk sessions in various Totnes pubs, compiled by Mick Bramich
(with input from others), can be found at
www.flaxey-green.co.uk/Pages/Session_History.html.
A few notes about these listings - what gets listed,
what doesn't... etc.
The listings primarily include 'folk' events, mostly of a concert nature, also
folk club guest nights, folk workshops, ceilidhs / barn dances etc.
'Folk' of course means many things to many people so that's partly why I also
include limited coverage of some Americana, blues and other acoustic music
events, but also partly because there are dedicated people/venues in the area
putting on top-class performers in these fields - and they take the trouble to
send me information. (The 'other musics' will generally have shorter entries and
fewer repeats.)
My preferred length for entries is 50-75 words, 100 words max. This length
restriction, combined with a 'selection of events only', means that the overall
length of each e-circular does not become excessive (and unduly
sleep-inducing!). The full open-ended Diary is always available on
www.harbertonfolk.co.uk.
If you're submitting stuff to me for inclusion, why not give a web link to
online music samples? Most performers have them these days. And there's then a
chance the reader will take a listen, perhaps like what they hear, and maybe
even come to a gig they wouldn't have otherwise considered!
I don't include information about regular informal pub folk sessions or folk
(social) dance club material - these areas are well covered by
www.flaxey-green.co.uk
and www.devonfolk.co.uk.
- but I will list details of new sessions, for example.
The general distance qualifier has always been 'within 30 miles as the crow
flies from Totnes' (covers a surprisingly wide range), although this does get
stretched a little sometimes for items of potential wider South-West interest.
The e-circulars are sent to approx. 1400 folk-specific contacts (no telling of
course how many fail to arrive for whatever reason, although I do my best to
maintain the email list - several repeated rejections from the same address will
result in that address being deleted) The great majority of those contacts
are within the above coverage area.
And please don't be offended if I occasionally forget - or even refuse - to
include an item.
Keep enjoying the live music! - John Culf
An 'interesting' email problem
Those of you who read my recent notes about the various problems I experience
when sending these e-circulars may be interested/amused to see a (new) rejection
message received from a recipient at a local educational establishment. I have
highlighted the offending word in bold/red and added spaces so it's not rejected
again. This word appeared in the item about Hayseed Dixie:
Microsoft Antigen for Exchange found a message matching a filter. The message is
currently Identified.
Message: "hf21_30 080226"
Filter name: "KEYWORD= racial discrimination: h i l l b
i l l y"
Sent from: "John Culf"
A Virus Warning
- but please do read this, unlike the usual hoaxes that circulate
which are simply designed to clog up the email airwaves:
"There is a dangerous virus being passed around electronically, orally, and by
hand. This virus is called Weary-Overload-Recreational-Killer (WORK). If you
receive WORK from any of your colleagues, your boss, or anyone else via any
means DO NOT TOUCH IT. This virus will wipe out your private life completely. If
you should come into contact with WORK, put your jacket on and take two good
friends to the nearest grocery store. Purchase the antidote known as
Work-Isolating-Neutralizer-Extract (WINE) or Bothersome-Employer-Elimination-Rebooter
(BEER). Take the antidote repeatedly until WORK has been completely eliminated
from your system. You should forward this warning to 5 friends. If you do not
have 5 friends, you have already been infected."
'Virus' warnings - Chain emails (e.g. petrol prices) - Please avoid them
With 1400+ email contacts, if there's junk going around I usually see quite a
few examples of it. If you receive a chain email, such as those that warn of a
terrible virus circulating which will destroy your hard disk, do please take a
moment to check before forwarding it to your entire address book. Pick out a
couple of salient words and put them into Google, e.g. "olympic torch
email", and you'll soon see that they are invariably hoaxes, simply designed to
further clog up email servers across the globe. And whilst possibly originally
well intentioned, the petrol price emails doing the rounds have
essentially been around since 1999 - see
http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_gas_boycott_2006.htm and read the
analysis/comments.
Other interesting local music links
Plymouth Classical Music Concert Diary
www.plyclassical.co.uk
- Comprehensive month-by-month listings of all types of classical music in and
around Plymouth, plus some jazz and folk, including Harberton Folk's events.
Plymouth Music Accord
www.plymouthmusicaccord.co.uk - Registered Charity promoting the
appreciation and performance of music in the Plymouth area. Members include
local orchestras, bands, choirs, opera groups, etc. and many promoters and
venues, and
Plymouth Folk Festival (who have a brand new, smart website).
'Off topic' but we'll mention a
couple of other local live music sources for different genres:
Totnes Early Music Society
www.totnesearlymusic.org.uk - fairly self-explanatory
Folk News for Cornwall
I'm sometimes asked if there is any equivalent of the Harberton Folk
e-circulars (which essentially cover southern Devon) for Cornwall. I'm not aware of anything
myself, but would be happy to pass on any new information supplied to me.
The quarterly Folk News Kernow covering the county can be viewed/downloaded at
www.dreamersfolk.co.uk/folknews%20kernow.html.
Bodmin Folk Club's website has numerous links, at
www.bodminfolk.co.uk.
More Folks News for (North) Devon
www.shammickacoustic.org.uk -
Shammick Acoustic, North Devon folk information
www.flaxey-green.co.uk - Covers much
of Devon: folk events, song/dance clubs, sessions, ceilidhs and much more
Folk news slightly further afield:
North Devon/West Somerset music listings
Website listings of regular and special music events for the next couple of months
for this area can be found at
www.shammickacoustic.org.uk (then click on 'Local Events').
Somerset & Dorset (SADFOLK) folk events - Regular email updates
A regular and
comprehensive emailed listing is available through
www.sadfolk.co.uk
(Somerset and Dorset folk, Steve Cunio) for folk events in venues large and small in those two
counties, some of which are not too far away from the Harberton Folk area.
Folk in Cornwall
What it says on the tin -
www.folkincornwall.co.uk - clubs, sessions, events...
Acoustic Calendar - Sign up for email updates at
www.sanchobramble.weebly.com
Tony Watts' monthly calendar of folk clubs, singarounds, acoustic sessions &
open mics in the South West. "The Acoustic Calendar is all about DIY music (NOT
concerts, gigs, ceilidhs etc). The purpose of the Calendar is to keep you
informed of all the places where you can take your voice and/or instrument and
join in or do your own thing."
...and not forgetting
www.flaxey-green.co.uk (and
www.devonfolk.co.uk) for further detailed Devon listings, including many
regular pub sessions, folk dance clubs and much more.